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Heard Boris Berman tonight at the Nasher doing Cage's Sonatas and Interludes...spellbinding music, really, simple/basic and endlessly complex all at once. Berman did not "top" Maro Ajemian's original recording imo, but you know, that was then, this is now, and if you ever get a chance to hear this music live, by all means do. It's intense.

That looks good, thanks for the tip!

The only Zappa I'd considering adding to my collection (at this time), would be something by that BWS band, with the Bunk Gardner, Ian Underwood, Don Preston, etc. Is there anything from that lineup coming out? Or am I good with BWS & Weasels, Hot Rats in addition? I bought most of the Verves in real-ish time (in print, in stores) and of course am keeping that. But not adding to. FWIW, I really liked the Flo & Eddie stuff when it got all operatic and shit, Billy The Mountain was a freaking epic. But the whole Mud Shark thing hasn't worn well with me, as has not Zappa's ongoing puerile genital humor (c.f. Roy Estrada, #youfuckingasshole). I've learned to take the great with the cringeworthy, but have no desire to add any more.

This will be the Carnegie Hall album, correct? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Hall_(Frank_Zappa_album) Is there anything in that list by the last edition of the original mothers, the burnt weenie sandwich band?

Dusty Groove has it as Coming Soon: https://www.dustygroove.com/item/831701?sf=hank+mobley&incl_oos=1&incl_cs=1&kwfilter=hank+mobley&sort_order=artist

Yeah, ears so grand they could pick either Roscoe Mitchell or Al Cohn as the same player! And be wrong both ways! Do we have Benny Waters in here someplace? I think not, but... And/or - is that "Please Don't Talk..." cut an officially released on CD thing, or does its provenance lie elsewhere?

Everybody's heard Alan Civil!

Albert Marx, yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_Records

Welcoming any and all opinions about this label, its output, etc. It's a world I know very little about past the earlier Monk/Reich things, and a little Part (who I actually like in doses). Most of it has been totally off my radar, by choice and/or otherwise, so...shine a light, please.

I am now, yes. Had not been paying attention to the ECM New Series, or much of ECM to be honest. I see now there is something there!

Speaking of Vanguard...this one is a trip, very exciting as long as the leader does not play. He tries valiantly, though: Watanabe also has a Chico Hamilton lineage.

And....cue Dolly Parton, because here he comes again!

Yes, it's the new Kremer/Weinberg release that has cuahgt my ear and stimulated curiosity. Looking back, I found something by the Arditti Quartet that I had to look into, that's such a great banc...also appears that the New Series has recording of some Elliot Carter works, that's something else to get to. Still more new music to look into...praying for a long, healthy, non-destitute life!

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/arts/music/barbara-carroll-dead-cabaret-singer.html When she moved to New York in 1947, a friend arranged her first booking under the name Bobbie Carroll, never mentioning her gender until it was too late to get anyone else.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/nyregion/stanley-bard-dead-chelsea-hotel.html “The most beloved — and enigmatic — character ever to grace the halls of the Chelsea is, of course, our illustrious proprietor, Stanley Bard,” Ed Hamilton, a tenant, wrote in “Legends of the Chelsea Hotel: Living With Artists and Outlaws in New York’s Rebel Mecca” (2007). “Among his many endearing qualities, Stanley possesses a congenital inability to admit that anything bad has ever taken place in the hotel.”

Seriously, this is some seriously nice phrasing.

Little Caesars founder quietly paid Rosa Parks' rent for years: http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/15/us/mike-ilitch-rosa-parks-trnd/index.html

Hi Bob, welcome, thank you, all that! What do you know about the first Bird w/Strings date selling relatively well, or "Just Friends" being considered a hit in our history books. I searched in vain for any of that on any chart, but I've heard that repeated so long by so many that I can't imagine it being strictly fiction. Any light to shine? And thanks again for the Gene Ammons chapter. that was beautiful. And for the Rusty Bryant Phoenix side. That was too!

So long, Colby. You were, and are, loved. http://www.lonestarball.com/2017/2/14/14612676/colby-lewis-says-goodbye-to-rangers-fans

459? Damn....I had no idea...thanks.